Stocking



' invention has the appearance of an all silk Patented Sept. 21, I926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY R. HELLBEBG. OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO RIVOLI SILK HOSIERY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

STOCKING.

Application filed March 29, 1926. Serial No. 98 ,055.

This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of stockings. and more particularly to silk stockings of the type having double welt or two-ply tops.

Silk stockings have heretofore been made with two-ply tops consisting of an outer ply of'silk extending over the top, and an inner ply of less expensive material, usually cotton. While by reason of the cotton reenforcement such stockings have greater strength, and are more economical, than stockings made entirely of silk, ne ertheless, they have the disadvantages that the top edges curl inwardly and present an unsightly rufiled appearance. This is due to the fact that as cotton has more body than silk it tends to draw in the latter and thus produce a. curl.

The principal object of my invention is to overcome this objection by providing a stocking which is so constructed that the top edge will lie perfectly flat and smooth. The invention not only enhances the appearance of the stocking but also provides one of superior durability and better fitting quality.

I have found that a smooth topped stocking can be produced by knitting the top. in

the vicinity of the fold, with a cotton plaited with silk; A stocking made according to my stocking, with the additional advantage of a reenforcement of a stronger material at both sides of the fold of the top.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one embodiment of the invention, in which Figure 1 is a view of a completed stocking embodying the improvement; and,

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the top ting is then continued down through the leg portion, thus permanently uniting the top and leg portions. The general process of manufacture that 'I have just briefly described, as well as the apparatus used in carrying out the process, are old and well known to those skilled in the Part.

I shall now proceed to describe one manner of applying my improvements. Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, in knitting the stocking the upper section 1 thereof, which section constitutes the inner ply or welt of the completed stocking, is knit with cotton yarn, in the usual manner, from the upper edge 2 to the line 3. At the line 3 silk is run over the cotton to plait the latter, and the knitting is continued with cotton plaited with silk to the line 4 so'as to form the intermediate section 5. which section embodies the folded top edge 6 ofthe completed stocking shown in Fig. 1. The folded top edge is indicated by the dotted line 6 in Fig. 2. At the line 4 the cotton yarn is withdrawn and the knitting is continued with silk alone to the line 7, thus forming the lower section 8 of the top portion of the stocking. The top is then folded or turned under to bring the section 1 on the inside of the stocking, and the knitting is now continued with silk through the leg portion 9. The silk used in forming the lower section 8 of the top may be of the same or of substantially the same quality as that used for the leg portion.

The particular width of the band or section. 5, as well as the relative proportions of the several sections, may be varied as required. The essential feature of the invention is that the portion of the top through which the fold 6 extends shall be formed of cotton plaited with silk, thus producing a. smooth top and one of superior strength.

In using the term silk in this specification and in the appended claims it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to natural silk but that I intend to include the equivalents thereof.

' Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A knitted stocking having a silk leg portion and a two-ply folded top portion permanently secured to the leg portion, the inner ply of the top portion being formed 0 cotton, the outer ply being formed of silk, the two plies being joined together by a section formed of cotton plaited with silk, which section extends across the fold.

2. A knitted stocking having a two-ply folded top portion formed continuous with ply of the top being formed of a relatively the leg portion, the top portion bein formed fine yarn, the innerply being formed of a of cotton plaited with silk at and a out the relatively coarse yarn, and the section at and folded top edge. about the fold of the two plies being formed 5 3. A knitted stocking having a two-ply of-the coarse yarn plaited withthe fine yarn.

folded top portion formed continuous with the leg portion, the leg portion and the outer HENRYR. HELLBERG 

